Dozy c**t near dalston junction

um - remember that generally a car braking in front of the car behind would show brake lights, and we don't have any such way of communicating our drop in speed. You have to be aware of how close the vehicle behind you is - if you have overtaken one second he may have caught you up easy the next without changing his speed. If you then slow down suddenly the driver isn't going to have enough distance to drop back. You have to look before any change you make - then if the car's too close sometimes you have to keep on ridin'..

Can't com you but would if I could. Good advice, and everybody should read 'Cyclecraft' by John Franklin and get cycle training, nada, nada (see other threads on cycle training passim). It does prevent a lot of collisions. (Just in case anyone thinks I'm blaming Crane, I'm not at all--his description of the incident is too sketchy to draw any conclusions. Blame is over-rated, anyway, if you can prevent a collision happening in the first place.)

Presumably you indicated, Crane? It would be essential in this situation, especially if your turn had a tight turning radius and slowed you down even more than usual.